Boiler-cleaner



(No Model.)

W. T. HANEY.

BOILER CLEANER.

No. 398,612. Patented, Feb. 26, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

'WILLIAM T. HANEY, OF CHILDERSBURG, ALABAMA.

BOILER-CLEAN ER.

STPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 398,612, datedFebruary 26, 1889.

Serial No. 275,945. (No model.)

To all 1071/0121 it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ILLIAM TROUSDALE l'IANEY, of Childersburg, in thecounty of Talladega and State of Alabama, have in- 3 vented a new andimproved Boiler-Cleaner,

of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improvedboiler-cleaner, which is simple and durable in construction andeffectivc in operation, serving to prevent sediment or crust fromforming in the ioftom of the boiler.

The invention consists of certain parts and details and combination ofthe same, as will be fully described hereinafter, and then pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure l is a longitudinal sectional eley'ation of the improvement onthe line of Fig. 2, and Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same onthe line y y of Fig. 1.

The improved boiler-cleaner consists of a brush, A, formed to correspondto the shape of the shell of the boiler B, as shown in Fig. 2. The brushA is preferably made of steel bristles secured to a block, 0, having itstop beveled,

as shown in Fig 1, and the said block C is secured to one end of a rod,D, passing through a stuffing-box, E, formed in the head of the boilerB, said rod D being provided on its outer end with a handle, F, forconveniently moving the said rod D forward or backward in the boiler B.

The stuffing-box E is so located that a forward-and-baclnvard movementof the rod D holds the same parallel with the shell of the boiler, sothat the brush A is held in contact with the interior surface of theboiler-shell when the said rod 1) is moved forward and backward.

The pressure of the water on the inclined back of the block causes thelatter to press the bristles of the brush A firmly against the innersurface of the boiler-shell, so that when the operator takes hold of thehandle F and moves the rod I) forward and backward said bristles of thebrush A scrub on the surface of the shell of the boiler'li, whereby allsediment or crust is prevented from forming on the lower part of theboiler B. This forwardand-backward movement of the brush A also agitatesthe water in the boiler, and hence prevents the sediment contained inthe water from settling in the bottom of the boiler.

It will be seen that the device is always ready to be used, being afixed part of the boiler, and it may be operated while the boiler isbeing used.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1. In a boiler-cleaner, a brush having on itsupper side a beveled or inclined surface arranged to be acted on by thewater as the brush is reciprocated, whereby to force said I stantiallyas set forth.

2. Aboiler-cleaner consisting of the brush having a block or body formedon its upper side with a beveled or inclined surface, and a handleconnected with said brush, substantially as set forth.

WVILLIAM T. HANEY.

\Vitnesses:

ALBERT H. MONTGOMERY, THOMAS D. PARSONS.

brush against the surface of the boiler, sub- I

